Approximately 600 people attended a rally on the New Haven Green at Church and Chapel Streets in New Haven Sunday evening in solidarity with anti-fascism and anti-racism protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia. Many activists groups were represented at the rally including the ANSWER (Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition. less

Approximately 600 people attended a rally on the New Haven Green at Church and Chapel Streets in New Haven Sunday evening in solidarity with anti-fascism and anti-racism protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia. ... more

Photo: Peter Hvizdak / Hearst Connecticut Media

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(Photo by Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) ¬ During a light rainfall, students, teachers and parents rallied on the New Haven Green Wednesday, November 3, 2014 in favor of an excellent education ìfor every child.î The Coalition For EveryChild and the Connecticut Coaliton for Achievement Now claimed as many as 6,000, mostly students k-12 attended the rally from New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford. less

(Photo by Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) ¬ During a light rainfall, students, teachers and parents rallied on the New Haven Green Wednesday, November 3, 2014 in favor of an excellent education ìfor every ... more

Former University of Connecticut student and activist Eric Cruz-Lopez speaks at a peaceful rally organized by Unidad Latina en Accion in support of Marco Reyes Alvarez, of Meriden, Friday, September 1, 2017, on the corner of Elm and College Street at the First & Summerfield United Methodist Church in New Haven where Reyes Alvarez has taken refuge since receiving orders in early August to deport to his native Ecuador. Reyes Alvarez, his wife, Fanny Torres Reyes and two of their three children, Anthony Reyes, 21 and Adriana Reyes, 12, attended the rally staying close to the church entrance. Activist Jesus Morales Sanchez, 22, pictured at far right, organized the rally. (Catherine Avalone/Hearst Connecticut Media) less

Former University of Connecticut student and activist Eric Cruz-Lopez speaks at a peaceful rally organized by Unidad Latina en Accion in support of Marco Reyes Alvarez, of Meriden, Friday, September 1, 2017, on ... more

Photo: Catherine Avalone / Hearst Connecticut Media

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(Photo by Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) ¬ Approximately 2000 people at Yale University's Beinecke Plaza in front of Woodbridge Hall rally Tuesday, October 21, 2014 after marching fromanother rally on College Street near Elm Street in New Haven in support of GESO (Graduate Employees and Student Organization) at Yale University and its right to unionize. Among those inattendance at the rally were members of union Local 35, Local 34 and Local 217 including a campaigning Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, New Haven Mayor Toni Harp and members ofthe New haven Board Of Alders among other area politicians. less

(Photo by Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) ¬ Approximately 2000 people at Yale University's Beinecke Plaza in front of Woodbridge Hall rally Tuesday, October 21, 2014 after marching fromanother rally on ... more

(Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) ¬ Local Kennington, Unite Here Local 34 President, speaks to Yale University workers in front of the Yale Medical School on Cedar Street in New Haven during arally Thursday afternoon May 5, 2016 to call on Yale to protect their jobs. The rally was organized by Unite Here Local 34 and Local 35.United States Senator Christopher Murphy (D-Conn), left,attended the rally. less

(Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) ¬ Local Kennington, Unite Here Local 34 President, speaks to Yale University workers in front of the Yale Medical School on Cedar Street in New Haven during arally Thursday ... more

(Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) ¬ Attorney Michael Jefferson, who, in 1995, helped create New Haven's New Haven Police Department Civilian Review Board, speaks during a rally and pressconference in front of New Haven City Hall Wednesday, December 14, 2016 supporting New Haven Assistant Police Chief Luiz Casanova who was put on Administrative Leave by Interim Chief of PoliceCampbell for asking an NHPD officer to fix his knit cap and saying the officer looked like a "mope". less

(Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) ¬ "A Day Without Immigrants" marchers walk from the New Haven Green from a Rally onto Church Street enroute to Fair Haven in New Haven Monday, May 1, 2017,protesting United States immigration and "explotation'" policies while calling for protection from the deportation of "undocumented workers", during a national May Day strike to "demonstrate thatthis country depends on the labor of immigrants." ¬ less

(Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) ¬ "A Day Without Immigrants" marchers walk from the New Haven Green from a Rally onto Church Street enroute to Fair Haven in New Haven Monday, May 1, 2017,protesting United ... more

(Peter Casolino ó New Haven Register) Former employees ask to see the owner of Gourmet Heaven during a protest rally in support of four workers who were allegedly fired because they went to the department of Labor over a pay dispute.pcasolino@NewHavenRegister ¬ less

(Peter Casolino ó New Haven Register) Former employees ask to see the owner of Gourmet Heaven during a protest rally in support of four workers who were allegedly fired because they went to the department of ... more

Photo: Peter Casolino / Journal Register Co.

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(Melanie Stengel ó New Haven Register) ¬ Lucinda Halfaker, of New Haven, listens to activist, Barbara Fai,r during a Decarcerate Connecticut rally in front of City Hall. 1/20.

(Melanie Stengel ó New Haven Register) ¬ Lucinda Halfaker, of New Haven, listens to activist, Barbara Fai,r during a Decarcerate Connecticut rally in front of City Hall. 1/20.

Photo: Journal Register Co.

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(Arnold Gold-New Haven Register) Nazim Muhammad (left) of New Haven takes exception to a comment made by a member of a Pro-Police Rally in support of New Haven Police Officer Joshua Smereczynsky inside City Hall in New Haven on 3/27/2015. less

(Arnold Gold-New Haven Register) Nazim Muhammad (left) of New Haven takes exception to a comment made by a member of a Pro-Police Rally in support of New Haven Police Officer Joshua Smereczynsky inside City ... more

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(Arnold Gold-New Haven Register) Roman C. (left) and his partner, David Gerard, of West Haven listen to a speaker at a rally organized by LGBTQ+ Youth Kickback in response to the Orlando mass shooting in front of City Hall in New Haven on 6/13/2016. less

(Arnold Gold-New Haven Register) Roman C. (left) and his partner, David Gerard, of West Haven listen to a speaker at a rally organized by LGBTQ+ Youth Kickback in response to the Orlando mass shooting in front ... more

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(Arnold Gold-New Haven Register) Carrying a rainbow flag, (left to right) Jesus Morales Sanchez, Veronica Fletcher and Elia Alessandro D'Onofrio take part in a rally organized by LGBTQ+ Youth Kickback in response to the Orlando mass shooting in front of City Hall in New Haven on 6/13/2016. less

(Arnold Gold-New Haven Register) Carrying a rainbow flag, (left to right) Jesus Morales Sanchez, Veronica Fletcher and Elia Alessandro D'Onofrio take part in a rally organized by LGBTQ+ Youth Kickback in ... more

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(Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) A woman who wished to remain unidentified, listens to Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) during a kick-off rally at New Haven City Hall Tuesday afternoon, January 17, 2017 ahead of the Women's March on Washington, which is taking place in Washington, DC on Saturday, January 21. The rally discussed women's health, affordable healthcare, combating violence against women and other critical issues. less

(Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) A woman who wished to remain unidentified, listens to Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) during a kick-off rally at New Haven City Hall Tuesday afternoon, January 17, 2017 ... more

Hundreds of counter protesters show up at a rally, Saturday, July 8, 2017, at the New Haven Green. (Catherine Avalone / Hearst Connecticut Media)

Hundreds of counter protesters show up at a rally, Saturday, July 8, 2017, at the New Haven Green. (Catherine Avalone / Hearst Connecticut Media)

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Elaf Al-Wohaibi wearing an American Flag hajib, a scarf she purchased from Old Navy, joins hundreds of residents from across Connecticut at the "Here to Stay" immigrant rights rally, Saturday, April 29, 2017, at the State House in Hartford. Al-Wohaibi said, "I have received compliments from veterans when I am wearing my hajib." (Catherine Avalone-New Haven Register) less

Elaf Al-Wohaibi wearing an American Flag hajib, a scarf she purchased from Old Navy, joins hundreds of residents from across Connecticut at the "Here to Stay" immigrant rights rally, Saturday, April 29, 2017, ... more

Photo: Catherine Avalone / Catherine Avalone/New Haven Register

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Left to right, Barbara Biel of Briston, Gail Esposito of West Haven and Louis Brown of New Haven take part in a PETA protest outside of the Yale School of Medicine's Positron Emission Tomography Center on Howard Ave. in New Haven on 8/30/2017. Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media less

Left to right, Barbara Biel of Briston, Gail Esposito of West Haven and Louis Brown of New Haven take part in a PETA protest outside of the Yale School of Medicine's Positron Emission Tomography Center on ... more

Photo: Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media

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(Photo by Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) ¬ Yale Law School students and supporters march from the Yale Law School across College Street on Wall Street in New Haven towards New Haven Superior Court on Church and Wall Street during beforeconducting a "die-in" to protest the police killings in Ferguson, New York, Cleveland, East Haven and others Friday afternoon, December 5, 2014. less

(Photo by Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) ¬ Yale Law School students and supporters march from the Yale Law School across College Street on Wall Street in New Haven towards New Haven Superior Court on ... more

(Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) ¬ The Middle East Crisis Committee and Promoting Enduring Peace groups combine forces to protest outside the Yale Law School in New Haven because the schoolaccepted a $10 million donation from a Saudi businessman to found a Center for the Study of Islamic Law at Yale University, Wednesday, March 30, 2016. Approximately 25 people participated in theprotest. ¬ ¬ less

(Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) ¬ The Middle East Crisis Committee and Promoting Enduring Peace groups combine forces to protest outside the Yale Law School in New Haven because the schoolaccepted a $10 ... more

John Lugo, Jesus Morales Sanchez, both of New Haven and Grant Laster, of Kansas City, Missouri, left to right, protest Wednesday, September 7, 2016, in front of the TD Bank on the corner of Chapeland College Street in New Haven, in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe who fear the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline may contaminate their drinking water and sacred lands. TDBank is a funder of the pipeline. (Catherine Avalone/New Haven Register) less

John Lugo, Jesus Morales Sanchez, both of New Haven and Grant Laster, of Kansas City, Missouri, left to right, protest Wednesday, September 7, 2016, in front of the TD Bank on the corner of Chapeland College ... more

Photo: Catherine Avalone / Journal Register Co.

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(Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) ¬ John Lugo of Unidad Latina en Accion of New Haven is arrested during a demonstration after some protestors blocked the intersection of Elm and College Streetsin New Haven Friday afternoon, February 10, 2017 and refused to move during a protest in favor of changing the name of Yale University's Calhoun College. The peaceful arrests were pre-planned andcoordinated between the demonstrators and New Haven Police. less

(Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) ¬ John Lugo of Unidad Latina en Accion of New Haven is arrested during a demonstration after some protestors blocked the intersection of Elm and College Streetsin New Haven ... more

(Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) ¬ Yale University medical student Karri Weisenthal, a Protect our Patients protest organizer shouts out instructions as Yale University medical students,faculty, administrators, and others who support the Protect Our Patients movement demonstrate at Yale's Sterling Hall of Medicine in New Haven Connecticut Monday afternoon, January 30 2017 andprotest the possibility that millions of Americans may lose their health care coverage if the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is repealed. As part of a national day of action on medical school campuses,students nationwide, are conducting teach-ins, rallies, and public protests to highlight the possible consequences on healthcare if the ACA is repealed. less

(Mara Lavitt ó New Haven Register) ¬ August 19, 2014 New Haven ¬ Yale students marched from Beinecke Plaza (Hewitt Quadrangle) to the lower New Haven Green in solidarity with protestors in Ferguson,MO. ... more

Photo: Mara Lavitt / Journal Register Co.

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(Arnold Gold-New Haven Register) Omar Ryan (center) of New Haven speaks during a protest in front of the New Haven Police Department on 3/23/2015 in response to injuries suffered by Teandrea Cornelius, 15, during an arrest in New Haven on 3/15/2015. less

(Arnold Gold-New Haven Register) Omar Ryan (center) of New Haven speaks during a protest in front of the New Haven Police Department on 3/23/2015 in response to injuries suffered by Teandrea Cornelius, 15, ... more

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New York City resident Christina Martin, a student at Yale School of Nursing, at left is among hundreds of residents who joined Unidad Latina en Accion in a rally protesting the victory of President-Elect Donald Trump, Thursday, November 10, 2016, in front of the U.S. District Courthouse at 141 Church St. in New Haven. The woman at right refused to be identified. (Catherine Avalone/New Haven Register) less

New York City resident Christina Martin, a student at Yale School of Nursing, at left is among hundreds of residents who joined Unidad Latina en Accion in a rally protesting the victory of President-Elect ... more

Photo: Catherine Avalone

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IV Staklo, the organizer of the transgender rally on the steps of City Hall on Church Street in New Haven, Saturday, March 31, 2018. .

IV Staklo, the organizer of the transgender rally on the steps of City Hall on Church Street in New Haven, Saturday, March 31, 2018. .

Photo: Catherine Avalone / Hearst Connecticut Media

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Supporters and family protest outside of Immigration Court in Hartford on behalf of Nelson PInos who has taken sanctuary in the basement of First and Summerfield United Methodist Church in New Haven to avoid deportation on November 30, 2017. less

Supporters and family protest outside of Immigration Court in Hartford on behalf of Nelson PInos who has taken sanctuary in the basement of First and Summerfield United Methodist Church in New Haven to avoid ... more

Photo: Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media

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(Arnold Gold-New Haven Register) Samantha Parsons (left) and Jennifer Benben (center) of Guilford protest the dress code and it's unfair enforcement at Guilford High School during dismissal in front of the school on 6/7/2016. less

(Arnold Gold-New Haven Register) Samantha Parsons (left) and Jennifer Benben (center) of Guilford protest the dress code and it's unfair enforcement at Guilford High School during dismissal in front of the ... more

(Peter Casolino-New Haven Register) Jerris Moye Jr., left, and his cousin Jayden Moye-Avery carry an anti-violence sign in the annual Freddie Fixer parade along Dixwell Avenue, from Hamden to New Haven. ... more

Photo: Peter Casolino / Journal Register Co.

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Images of a march seeking an end to discrimination against the homeless sponsored by the Connecticut Bail Fund in downtown New Haven, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017.

Images of a march seeking an end to discrimination against the homeless sponsored by the Connecticut Bail Fund in downtown New Haven, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017.

Photo: Catherine Avalone / Hearst Connecticut Media

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Jennifer DeJesus, Paul Caudron, Bealton Dumas, all homeless and Quentin Staggers, who just secured housing four days ago, march down Church Street in New Haven, seeking an end to discrimination against the homeless sponsored by the Connecticut Bail Fund, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. Brett Davidson, director of the Connecticut Bail Fund, is at far right, The woman on the far right is unidentified. less

Jennifer DeJesus, Paul Caudron, Bealton Dumas, all homeless and Quentin Staggers, who just secured housing four days ago, march down Church Street in New Haven, seeking an end to discrimination against the ... more

Photo: Catherine Avalone / Hearst Connecticut Media

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(Peter Hvizdak / Hearst Connecticut Media) ¬ New Haven, Connecticut: June 26, 2017. Republican Sam Calabria of West Haven, left, standing near Democratic West Haven Mayor Ed O'Brien, right, records aspeaker during a protest on the West Haven Green Monday evening against O'Brien's management of the city's finances, and proposed bonding ordinances to finance the West Haven High School $133million reconstruction project and on the city's $16.8 million deficit. less

(Peter Hvizdak ó New Haven Register) ¬ Hannah Zeavis, a student of dead Yale Assistant Professor Sam See, speaks to a crowd of See's friends during a demonstration at New Haven City Hall Tuesday December 10, 2013 before the group marches fromCity Hall, through Yale and downtown New Haven and finally New Haven Police headquarters on Union Ave. as they protest against the circumstances surrounding See's death while in the Union Avenue Detention Facility last month. less

(Peter Hvizdak ó New Haven Register) ¬ Hannah Zeavis, a student of dead Yale Assistant Professor Sam See, speaks to a crowd of See's friends during a demonstration at New Haven City Hall Tuesday December ... more

Photo: Peter Hvizdak / New Haven Register

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Jerome Butler, left, and Wendy Hamilton of New Haven protest outside the new Yale School of Management building Thursday. Melanie Stengel ó New Haven Register

Jerome Butler, left, and Wendy Hamilton of New Haven protest outside the new Yale School of Management building Thursday. Melanie Stengel ó New Haven Register

Photo: Kathleen Schassler / Journal Register Co.

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John Lugo, Jesus Morales Sanchez, both of New Haven and Grant Laster, of Kansas City, Missouri, left to right, protest Wednesday, September 7, 2016, in front of the TD Bank on the corner of Chapel and College Street in New Haven, in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe who fear the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline may contaminate their drinking water and sacred lands. TD Bank is a funder of the pipeline. (Catherine Avalone/New Haven Register) less

John Lugo, Jesus Morales Sanchez, both of New Haven and Grant Laster, of Kansas City, Missouri, left to right, protest Wednesday, September 7, 2016, in front of the TD Bank on the corner of Chapel and College ... more

Photo: Catherine Avalone

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(Arnold Gold-New Haven Register) Joane Nesdale (center) of Milford attends a protest in front of Milford City Hall during the inauguration of President Donald Trump on 1/20/2017.

(Arnold Gold-New Haven Register) Joane Nesdale (center) of Milford attends a protest in front of Milford City Hall during the inauguration of President Donald Trump on 1/20/2017.

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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., left, with Francisco Acosta at a rally for the Colombian native who ICE has ordered deported

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., left, with Francisco Acosta at a rally for the Colombian native who ICE has ordered deported

Photo: Mary E. O'Leary / Hearst Connecticut Media

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Some 50 protesters rallied on the steps of City Hall to keep up the pressure on New Haven officials to close city accounts at Wells Fargo.

Some 50 protesters rallied on the steps of City Hall to keep up the pressure on New Haven officials to close city accounts at Wells Fargo.

Photo: Mary O’Leary / Hearst Connecticut Media

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(Peter Hvizdak / Hearst Connecticut Media) New Haven, Connecticut: August 13, 2017. Approximately 600 people attended a rally on the New Haven Green at Church and Chapel Streets in New Haven Sunday evening in solidarity with anti-fascism protestors in Charlottesville, Virginia. Many activists groups were represented at the rally including the ANSWER (Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition. less

(Peter Hvizdak / Hearst Connecticut Media) New Haven, Connecticut: August 13, 2017. Approximately 600 people attended a rally on the New Haven Green at Church and Chapel Streets in New Haven Sunday evening in ... more

Photo: Peter Hvizdak, Hearst Connecticut Media

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Barbara Vereen with Rachel Botts and her daughter, Ariella.

Barbara Vereen with Rachel Botts and her daughter, Ariella.

Photo: Brian Zahn / Hearst Connecticut Media

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The Republican presidential front-runner speaks to supporters, Friday, April 15, 2016 at a rally at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. The state’s Republican and Democratic primaries will be held on April 26.(Catherine Avalone/New Haven Register) less

The Republican presidential front-runner speaks to supporters, Friday, April 15, 2016 at a rally at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. The state’s Republican and Democratic primaries will be held ... more

Photo: Journal Register Co.

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Clemente Rodriguez Moreno of Guerrero, Mexico, front, fourth from left, puts his arm around Emma Jones, mother of Malik Jones, as they lead marchers down Grand Avenue during a rally Tuesday in New Haven marking the 18th anniversary of the death of Malik Jones, who was shot by an East Haven police officer. Jones is carrying a poster of Moreno’s son, one of 43 people kidnapped and presumed slain by an organized criminal group with assistance from local authorities in Mexico. Also marching with Moreno are, front from left, Anayeli Guerrero De La Cruz and her father, Felipe De La Cruz. less

Clemente Rodriguez Moreno of Guerrero, Mexico, front, fourth from left, puts his arm around Emma Jones, mother of Malik Jones, as they lead marchers down Grand Avenue during a rally Tuesday in New Haven marking ... more

Photo: Catherine Avalone — New Haven Register

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Sal Gambardella of East Haven shows his support for Israel during a solidarity rally Tuesday night at the Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven in Woodbridge. (Peter Casolino/Register)

Sal Gambardella of East Haven shows his support for Israel during a solidarity rally Tuesday night at the Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven in Woodbridge. (Peter Casolino/Register)

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Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network, center, flanked by Lee Saunders, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFSCME AFL-CIO, left, and Sal Luciano, Executive Director of Council 4 AFSCME, right, holds hands as they pray after a rally in support of City of New Haven workers and against anti-union sentiments of municipal and state government officials nationwide during a union rally Monday 3/14/11at the United Methodist Church in New Haven supporting City of New Haven unions. Photo by Peter Hvizdak / New Haven Register less

Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network, center, flanked by Lee Saunders, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFSCME AFL-CIO, left, and Sal Luciano, Executive Director of Council 4 AFSCME, right, holds hands as ... more

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Top 50 New Haven: The right to rally

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In New Haven, there is a powerful tradition founded in democracy and activism that residents and others take part in, often when they are not pleased — or are truly outraged — by something going on in the city and in other places around the state, nation and world: a rally or a protest.

Because these events are news, the Register has been there to cover many of them. This has meant covering rallies and protests on civil rights issues, politics, economic, education, development, immigration and union issues and much more. Over the years, concerns have changed and local and residents have continued to make sure their voices are heard on different sides of issues.

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While many of these photos taken over the years have told a story of their own, video also helps news organizations to allow readers and viewers to see and hear the action for themselves.

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As the Top 50 Project rolls out this year, we will continue to post and share images and videos from events around the city and further.

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These videos and photos are intended to show different events - and in some cases the issue in question has changed or action has been taken.

Don’t forget: if you have videos or photos you would like to share as part of the Top 50 Project, you can reach out to Register City Editor William Kaempffer at william.kaempffer@hearstmediact.com.